June 9, 2020Updated 10:35 a.m. ETImagine the scene: You’re at church, belting out a hymn, and the sound is so joyful that you turn, smiling, to look around. You notice a spray of spit coming from the mouth of the person next to you: One particularly large droplet arcs toward the person in front, then…
precautions to take while traveling and strict guidelines on social distancing and hand washing. For essential errands, it suggests drive-through services at banks and pharmacies and curbside pickups of food and supplies.Large gatherings are not permitted under stay-at-home orders in many states and countries, but some churches have been able to conduct services that cater…
Lockdown fallout: Mkhize defends strategy as scientists are reprimanded for speaking outNew24 reported on Saturday that Dr Glenda Gray, the head of the South African Medical Research Council and chairperson of the MAC (ministerial advisory committee) subcommittee on research, had criticised the phased lifting of the lockdown as "unscientific". She said that certain regulations, such…
Glenda Johnson sat on her mother’s hospital bed, took her hand and told her it was OK to go.But Linda Hopkins, her face tensed against the smothering pain of coronavirus-related pneumonia, was not ready.“I don’t want to die,” Linda, 83, replied, tubes feeding oxygen into her nostrils, her daughter later recalled. “It just hurts so…
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/04/918/516/7eed664e-America-Together-Slideshow-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1Attached pictures are of my daughter, Navya P., and her friend, Abhijit S., decorating bags for Lunches of Love, for their at-home community service. Both the kids are seventh-graders in the Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas.https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/04/918/516/7eed664e-America-Together-Slideshow-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/04/918/516/America-together-Slideshow-5.jpg?ve=1&tl=1Travis and Amy Hope and their precious pup, Zoe, live in Moore County, Tenn. Travis and Amy are doing…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…